(Washington Post, August 15, 2016)
Search no further for spacious skies. Here’s an interactive way to explore 59 U.S. national parks. Check off which parks you’ve visited, and feel part of this natural patchwork of beauty.

Run through the streets of Rio de Janeiro without ever leaving town when you plug into RioRun… We’ll take you on a virtual audio tour of Rio from wherever you are, following the route of the 2016 Olympic marathon. What you hear will depend on how far you run and how fast. Your distance will unlock new audio segments at key moments along the marathon route, so the further you go, the more you’ll discover.

Using data collected from the Texas Water Development Board’s Water Data for Texas site, we have built a map that visualizes the current state of Texas’ reservoirs. The map auto-updates daily with new data. Each icon on the map represents an individual reservoir, color-coded based on how full it is currently.

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Is this woman’s plight overstated? It is not…. When the telephone becomes an instrument of annoyance, unpleasantness, or terror, it is a matter of serious concern to us. Removing sources of customer irritation is an integral part of providing high quality service to our customers.

Here at OpenNews, we’re still overwhelmed with gratitude from last month’s SRCCON. Thanks again to everyone who made it to Portland, and to all those who followed along remotely. We’re collecting documentation on this Etherpad.

On our last OpenNews Community Call, we heard from some great folks, including Ben Myers and Sara Lipka, who walked us through the Chronicle of Higher Education’s Title IX Sexual Assault Investigations Tracker. (Missed the call? We saved you the notes, and here’s more on how the team made it.)